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1997 Japan Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Japan Football League |
| season | 1997 |
| winners | Consadole Sapporo |
| 1st JFL title | |
| 3rd D2 title | |
| promoted | Consadole Sapporo |
| relegated | Fukushima |
| Seino Transportation (both were folded after the season) | |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 765 |
| prevseason | 1996 |
| nextseason | 1998 |
1st JFL title 3rd D2 title Seino Transportation (both were folded after the season) Statistics of Japan Football League in the 1997 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Consadole Sapporo won the championship.
As a result of Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi's closure the previous year, Jatco and Mito HollyHock were promoted before the season.
Clubs
The following sixteen clubs participated in Japan Football League Division 1 during the 1997 season.
- Brummell Sendai
- Consadole Sapporo
- Denso
- Fukushima
- Honda Motors
- Jatco
- Kawasaki Frontale
- Mito HollyHock
- Montedio Yamagata
- NTT Kanto
- Oita Trinity
- Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima
- Sagan Tosu
- Seino Transportation
- Tokyo Gas
- Ventforet Kofu
Personnel
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Brummell Sendai | SLO Branko Elsner |
| Consadole Sapporo | URU Hugo Fernández |
| Denso | |
| Fukushima | |
| Honda Motors | JPN Kazuaki Nagasawa |
| Jatco | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | JPN Kazuo Saito |
| Mito HollyHock | JPN Yuji Nakano |
| Montedio Yamagata | JPN Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| NTT Kanto | JPN Norio Sasaki |
| Oita Trinity | |
| Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima | BRA Edinho |
| Sagan Tosu | JPN Hiroshi Sowa |
| Seino Transportation | |
| Tokyo Gas | JPN Kiyoshi Okuma |
| Ventforet Kofu | JPN Yuji Tsukada |
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Non-visa foreign | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brummell Sendai | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Dubajić | Germany Gerhard Schmidt | Slovenia Peter Binkovski | Germany Pierre Littbarski | |
| Slovenia Ante Šimundža | |||||
| Consadole Sapporo | Argentina Hugo Maradona | Brazil Pereira | Panama Jorge Dely Valdés | Netherlands Dido Havenaar | |
| Peru David Soria Yoshinari | |||||
| Denso | |||||
| Fukushima | South Korea Gwak Kyung-keun | ||||
| Honda Motors | Brazil Marcus Vinícius | Brazil Walter | Brazil Sandro | ||
| Jatco | |||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | Brazil Betinho | Brazil Rafael Scheidt | Nigeria Momodu Mutairu | ||
| Mito HollyHock | |||||
| Montedio Yamagata | Brazil Angelo | Brazil Marquinho | Brazil Sidiclei | Brazil Aldro | |
| NTT Kanto | |||||
| Oita Trinity | South Korea Choi Dae-shik | South Korea Kim Byung-soo | South Korea Lee Woo-young | ||
| Otsuka FC Vortis Tokushima | |||||
| Sagan Tosu | Uruguay Mario López | South Korea Pak Yong-ho | |||
| Seino Transportation | |||||
| Tokyo Gas | Brazil Amaral | Cameroon Edwin Ifeanyi | |||
| Ventforet Kofu |
League standings
Promotion and relegation
Because Fukushima and Seino Transportation were disbanded, no relegation has occurred. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of Regional League promotion series, Sony Sendai and Albirex Niigata were promoted automatically.
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